diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index 9170f58..ba9e168 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -15,29 +15,18 @@
 package fuse
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
 	"github.com/jacobsa/bazilfuse"
 	"github.com/jacobsa/fuse/fuseops"
-	"github.com/jacobsa/reqtrace"
 )
 
-var fTraceByPID = flag.Bool(
-	"fuse.trace_by_pid",
-	false,
-	"Enable a hacky mode that uses reqtrace to group all ops from each "+
-		"individual PID. Not a good idea to use in production; races, bugs, and "+
-		"resource leaks likely lurk.")
-
 // A connection to the fuse kernel process.
 type Connection struct {
 	debugLogger *log.Logger
@@ -57,11 +46,6 @@ type Connection struct {
 	//
 	// GUARDED_BY(mu)
 	cancelFuncs map[bazilfuse.RequestID]func()
-
-	// A map from PID to a traced context for that PID.
-	//
-	// GUARDED_BY(mu)
-	pidMap map[int]context.Context
 }
 
 // Responsibility for closing the wrapped connection is transferred to the
@@ -77,7 +61,6 @@ func newConnection(
 		wrapped:     wrapped,
 		parentCtx:   parentCtx,
 		cancelFuncs: make(map[bazilfuse.RequestID]func()),
-		pidMap:      make(map[int]context.Context),
 	}
 
 	return
@@ -127,85 +110,6 @@ func (c *Connection) recordCancelFunc(
 	c.cancelFuncs[reqID] = f
 }
 
-// Wait until the process completes, then close off the trace and remove the
-// context from the map.
-//
-// LOCKS_EXCLUDED(c.mu)
-func (c *Connection) reportWhenPIDGone(
-	pid int,
-	ctx context.Context,
-	report reqtrace.ReportFunc) {
-	// HACK(jacobsa): Poll until the process no longer exists.
-	const pollPeriod = 50 * time.Millisecond
-	for {
-		// The man page for kill(2) says that if the signal is zero, then "no
-		// signal is sent, but error checking is still performed; this can be used
-		// to check for the existence of a process ID".
-		err := unix.Kill(pid, 0)
-
-		// ESRCH means the process is gone.
-		if err == unix.ESRCH {
-			break
-		}
-
-		// If we receive EPERM, we're not going to be able to do what we want. We
-		// don't really have any choice but to print info and leak.
-		if err == unix.EPERM {
-			log.Printf("Failed to kill(2) PID %v; no permissions. Leaking trace.", pid)
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Otherwise, panic.
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(fmt.Errorf("Kill(%v): %v", pid, err))
-		}
-
-		time.Sleep(pollPeriod)
-	}
-
-	// Finish up.
-	report(nil)
-
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	delete(c.pidMap, pid)
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-}
-
-// Set up a hacky per-PID trace context, if enabled. Either way, return a
-// context from which an operation should inherit.
-//
-// See notes on fTraceByPID.
-//
-// LOCKS_EXCLUDED(c.mu)
-func (c *Connection) maybeTraceByPID(
-	pid int) (ctx context.Context) {
-	ctx = c.parentCtx
-
-	// Is there anything to do?
-	if !reqtrace.Enabled() || !*fTraceByPID {
-		return
-	}
-
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	// Do we already have a traced context for this PID?
-	if existing, ok := c.pidMap[pid]; ok {
-		ctx = existing
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Set up a new one and stick it in the map.
-	var report reqtrace.ReportFunc
-	ctx, report = reqtrace.Trace(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Requests from PID %v", pid))
-	c.pidMap[pid] = ctx
-
-	// Ensure we close the trace and remove it from the map eventually.
-	go c.reportWhenPIDGone(pid, ctx, report)
-
-	return
-}
-
 // Set up state for an op that is about to be returned to the user, given its
 // underlying bazilfuse request.
 //
@@ -216,8 +120,8 @@ func (c *Connection) beginOp(
 	bfReq bazilfuse.Request) (ctx context.Context) {
 	reqID := bfReq.Hdr().ID
 
-	// Choose a parent context.
-	ctx = c.maybeTraceByPID(int(bfReq.Hdr().Pid))
+	// Start with the parent context.
+	ctx = c.parentCtx
 
 	// Set up a cancellation function.
 	//